Grey Meadows, a Seminole Indian, finishes college and enters The Marine Corps. After an exceptional career, he unexpectedly retires. Unable to accept a coroner's report his beloved wife died by her own hand, he heads for North Carolina to set the record straight. Along the way, he saves the life of beautiful road urchin who has learned to survive by her wits alone. Thrown together by fate, they, along with the elders of The Cherokee Nation, they solve mystery of his wife's death and uncover an international drug operation.